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I find that a lot of my more reluctant readers love informational books, even if they do not consider themselves readers. One of the ways that I help turn those students into readers is by finding fiction books that pair well with the informational books they enjoy reading. It’s also a great way to get tweens to try out historical fiction, a genre many of my students avoid at all costs. Here are some of my favorite pairings.

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer has slowly been building steam in my room. This narrative nonfiction book is being passed from student to student and they are raving about it. Many of those who finish it come to me looking for more books about Lincoln, before his death, and I have been handing them Lincoln and His Boys.

These are just a few suggestions for nonfiction/fiction pairings. Really, you can find a fiction companion to almost any nonfiction middle grade/YA book. (And it works just as well the other way around!) Do you have any favorite fiction/nonfiction pairings? Please share them in the comments!